The thrilling new American play by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts (Bug, Killer Joe) August: Osage County has been hailed by the New York Times as “hugely entertaining! A ripsnorter full of blistering, funny dialogue, acid-etched characterizations and scenes of no-holds-barred emotional combat.” When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter. With rich insight and brilliant humor, Letts paints a vivid portrait of a Midwestern family at a turning point that is “not-to-be-missed” (Chicago Tribune). Anna D. Shapiro (The Pain and the Itch) directs the “dazzlingly good” (Chicago Sun-Times) ensemble in what Variety calls “a deep and highly entertaining work, consistently rich, raw and intense, filled with viciousness and vicious wit.”

The production received 5 Tony Awards, including Best Play, Best Director of a Play – Anna D. Shapiro, Best Actress in a Play – Deanna Dunagan, Best Featured Actress in a Play – Rondi Reed, and Best Set Design of a Play – Todd Rosenthal.

REVIEWS & AWARDS

PRODUCTION REVIEWS

“OUTSTANDING!It makes me CRAVE Broadway!”
– Oprah Winfrey

“AUGUSTis crackling entertainment, an edge-of-the-seat roller-coaster ride through the ultimate in family dysfunction that has lost NONE of its humor or horror.”
-David Rooney, Variety

“A BRILLIANT play that takes the cliches of the warring family and makes them INVIGORATINGLY NEW.”
-Variety